In this next in the bullet journal series (you can see part 1 here), let’s take a minute to discuss how you will be using your bullet journal. That starts with a big question: Why do you want to bullet journal? Here are the main ways I use my bullet journal. To stay on top…
Welcome to the first post of my new 2023 series on starting and keeping a bullet journal. This year will be my 10th year of Bullet journaling, which started when I watched this video. In this first article for the series we’re going over what you’ll need to set up your own journal. I recommend…
It’s November again and that means looking around the house and checking my goals to see what I can make a big push to finish. We have two and a half more weeks in November and I’m going to try to finish three outstanding projects that aren’t too huge, but will require intentional effort. Project…
Bullet Journal plans for 2023 Next year will be my 10th year of bullet journaling! A decade of my life is now recorded in Bullet Journals. So, I was thinking that’s a pretty big milestone, and based on all the questions and comments I’ve gotten over the years, maybe 2023 will be a good time…
Here in Oregon, we went from summer to winter in about a week. My garden loved the extra warm days of October, and it eeked out a few more tomatoes and green beans, but all the fall planted lettuce quickly went to seed. But we are solidly into the colder, rainy days (shhhh, don’t tell…
Lately I’ve been meditating on hope. I want to really know what hope is (not just nod and assent to a vague definition of the word). What does hope like with work boots on, not all dressed up for church? How is hope lived out in every day ordinary life? What does it look like…
Bullet Journal I set up my October journal pages (late, but at least I did it!), and kept them pretty simple. The first page is going to be filled in with doodles of memories, like framed pictures on a wall. I’ll write in a verse I’m trying to memorize on the bottom of the page….
This is the ninth sermon by the late Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in a series he preached titled Spiritual Depression. In these sermons he’s getting to the root causes of what he calls “Miserable Christians,” Christians who struggle for various reasons with depression or lack of joy in their daily lives. In this sermon the Doctor…
I don’t have a lot of entries in my Reading Notebook for the summer because I am still plowing (slowly) through Don Quixote for my continuing education project. I’m following the advice given in The Well-Educated Mind and writing a brief summary at the end of each chapter. Then I’m adding the summaries in my…
How are you guys doing? Are you preparing for the new school year? This is kind of like the second January of the year, a great time to refocus and make some goals. I’m also reviewing my goals and making some changes. Lower Prices on EVERYTHING Speaking of changes, the first big change I want…